How to create characters readers will care about — giving them clear goals, believable flaws, and showing rather than telling who they really are.
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Another month, and another of our authors’ Round Robins. This month, I’m adapting a topic set by author Skye Taylor… Promotion and marketing: do you love it or loathe it? And what works for your style? You may wonder what this topic has to do with blogging and artificial intelligence. To explain, I keep my […]
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Every December, we Round Robin authors share a festive tale. This year, my story is inspired by the uplifting Meet Cutes London videos. The narrative follows Holly and Robin, a couple who’ve been together many years, and how a chance encounter stops them from falling out and revives the fun in Christmas shopping. Enjoy the read!
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(Beth Turnage Blog) We Now Have a Legal Definition A federal judge in California has handed down a ruling that reshapes our understanding of AI and writing. In Bartz v. Anthropic, Judge William Alsup declared that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted books to train its AI model, Claude, was “fair use”—essentially giving AI companies the green […]
Yes, I have returned to the land of the living, er…writing. The last two years have been the craziest of my life and I’ve had to take some time away from writing, but I’m back now. Here’s a little summary of what’s been going on in my world: I got married! I met Chris, the […]
(Beth Turnage) Is Being a Multi-Genre Author A Sales Pitch Gone Wrong or A Secret Weapon? So I sent you a query, and you decided to check out my socials, and you landed on my page and you go, what’s this? Why is there all this science fiction here? Well, I’m a multi-genre writer. Eleven […]
It’s another month, and another authors’ Round Robin. And this month the topic is… Where do your ideas come from? This question reminds me of a wonderful quote I read by playwright Dennis Potter: Stories to me are a sort of magic, and ideas can appear out of what seems like a puff of smoke. […]
Author Name: Marteeka Karland Book Title: Morgue Date Published: June 14, 2024 Genre: Motorcycle Club Romance, Suspense, Age Gap Synopsis: Dorothy: Spring Break turned into my worst nightmare. Drugged and held against my will, the brutality I witness seems too…
Another month, and another authors’ Round Robin. This month our topic is set by author Skye Taylor… Using the senses in writing: how important is it to draw the reader in to experience what your characters are seeing, hearing, smelling, etc? I’ve thought long about this one and my feeling is, reading is a different […]
For several months, I was part of an author’s group that practiced weekly writing skills. Some of our best work was created in “flash sessions” where we limited ourselves to 100 words. No more, no less. Good flash fiction takes …
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